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Karl Hans Kunze PhD
To seek a position in plant breeding and genetics
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Education
Cornell University, Gradudate School
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Ithaca, NY
2017 - 2023
Dissertation: “Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Breeding Barley for New York State”
Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
B.S. Plant Sciences Concentration in Plant Breeding and Genetics, minor in Buisness for the Life Sciences
Ithaca, NY
2013 - 2017
Research Projects
Measure components of weed competitive ability in organic naked barley variety trials by using field trait phenotypes and aerial imaging to measure barley vigor and growth over 4 trials and 2 years
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Ithaca, NY
2017 - 2023
Minors in Plant Pathology and Food Science
Dissertation: Genomic and phenotypic characterization of barley breeding in New York state
Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
B.S. Plant Sciences
Ithaca, NY
2013 - 2017
Concentration in Plant Breeding and Genetics, minor in Buisness for the Life Sciences
Research Experience
Management of a novel winter malting barley breeding program for the New York State Environment
Ithaca, NY
2017 - 2023
Advanced a double haploid and recombinant inbred population starting with crosses in 2017. We currently have 25 lines being tested for a third year of yield trials and a preliminary yield trial consisting of 200 advanced double haploid lines and 200 Recombinant Inbred lines.
Conducted seed dormancy assays and genome wide association studies of 450 lines at two locations over two years. 5 timepoints were measured in 2020 and 8 timepoints measured in 2021.
Micromalted 240 winter barley over two timepoints at the USDA Cereal crops and research unit in Madison, WI. Malting quality resulted were used to inform selection decisions
Used genomic prediction, linear mixed models, spatial correction and genome wide association studies to advance lines and inform selection decisions
Organic Multi-use naked barley for New York and the Northern United States
Multi institutional project to characterize and develop naked barley for organic US systems
United States
2017 - 2022
Advanced a small population of covered by naked and naked by naked winter barley crosses to develop a naked barley variety adapted to New York conditions.
Performed genotype by environment analysis for eight naked barley trials across the northern United States
Performed a genome wide association analysis of 250 diverse lines across 13 environments for foliar disease resistance in natural field organic conditions
Used aerial imaging of a spring naked barley variety trial over two years to quantify barley growth over time as a precursor for competition with weeds.
Initialized a combined nested association population using three common parents across all collaborating institution and five parents specific to NY conditions.
Leadership Experience
Graduate Student representative for the board of the Crop Science Society of America
Serve as a liason between the CSSA leadership and the graduate student members of the society Currently serve on the tri society science policy committee
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2021 - 2023
Local graduate student liason for National Associaion of Plant Breeders graduate student working group
Coordinated graduate student working group to organize virtual events and connect to personel at Cornell University for the virtual 2021 NAPB meeting
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2020 - 2021
Cornell Plant Breeding and Genetics Graduate Student Association Professional Development Committee
Organized 4 virtual seminar chat series with graduate alumni of the Plant Breeding and Genetics program Invited speakers from various fields including, industry, academia, start ups and government research organizations
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2020 - 2021
Cornell Plant Breeding and Genetics Graduate Student Association(Synapsis)-President
Organized recruitment activities for 14 students applying to the Plant breeding and genetics PhD program Served as liason between graduate students and faculty
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2018 - 2019
Plant Breeding and Genetics faculty search committee
Served as the graduate student representative for the first year of the faculty search committee for the forages position.
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2018 - 2019
Corteva Symposium Committee Member
Organized Synapsis’ 8th Corteva Symposium “Common Plants for uncommon goals”
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2018 - 2019
Received symposium ideas and speaker recommendations from Synapsis, and integrated into a voted theme
Arranged flight and hotel accommodations for hosted speakers
Coordinated logistics of symposium planning
Multi cultural exchange workshop Cornell University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and the Technical University of Munich
Participated in developing presentations and presenting ideas with fellow students of different instiutions to develop a greater sense of collaboration
Ithaca, NY
Oct 2019
Research Experience
Leadership Activities and Professional Services
Crop Science Society of America(CSSA) student member 2019 - present
National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB) student member 2020- present
New York State Agriculture Society member 2017 - present
Cornell Plant Breeding and Genetics Graduate Student Association, Synapsis
Alumni of Alpha Gamma Rho, Professional and Social Agricultural Fraternity, Zeta Chapter
Awards and grants received
Graduate student of USDA OREI grants program I and II “Developing Multi-use Naked Barley for Organic Systems”
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2017 - 2023
“Genetic Characterization of Germination Traits and Their Relationship to Preharvest Sprouting in Winter and Spring Barley”
American Malting Barley Association grant award of $11,500 for characterization of seed dormancy and malting quality of winter and spring barley populations
NY & WI, USA
2020-2022
“Cornell Plant Breeding and Genetics Munger-Murphy Award”
An award given to a current cornell plant breeding student showcasing academic excellence and dedicated field research work
Ithaca, NY
August 2022
Selected Publications and Posters
Genetic and epigenetic signals are found predictive to the distribution of intra-individual divergence of alternative splicing.
Poster for 2013 International Conference of Genomics
/Qingdao, China
2014
Yu L, Chen B, Zhang Z.
ESCRT-0 complex modulates Rbf mutant cell survival by regulating Rhomboid endosomal trafficking and EGFR signaling.
=======Professional Societies
Crop Science Society of America(CSSA)
National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)
Cornell Plant Breeding and Genetics Graduate Student Association, Synapsis
New York State Agriculture Society
Alumni of Alpha Gamma Rho, Professional and Social Agricultural Fraternity, Zeta Chapter
Skills
Highly experienced in processing, analysis, organization, and experimental design of field trials of a novel barley breeding program
Field data collection, including agronomic phenotypes, aerial imaging collection, seed germination and malting quality
Highly proficient in data analysis to integrate phenotypic and genotypic data for mapping, genomic prediction and section decisions
Five years of experience managing a novel winter malting breeding program and organic naked barley program for New York State
Demonstrated collaboration of working with multiple research institutions for multi collaborative national grant projects
Highly proficient in R, moderate proficiency in command line and unix shell scripting, and minor proficiency in python.
Selected Publications and Presentations
Interaction of Pre-harvest sprouting, germination rate and malting quality for winter and facultative malting barley”
Presentation for the 43rd Barley Improvement Conference and Tri -Societies Confernce
UC Davis, CA & Baltimore, MD, United States
2022
Kunze K, Rooney T., Sweeney D., Sorrells M.
J Cell Sci. 2016 May 15;129(10):2075-84.
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2016
Sheng Z, Yu L, Zhang T, Pei X, Li X, Zhang Z and Du W.